Re: [circle] conceptual doubt

[thomasV]

Rita Díaz y/o Rodrigo Benenson wrote:

> Why the circle use UDP connections ?
>
> rodrigob
>
> PS: take a look at 
> www-db.stanford.edu/~manku/papers/04soda-chord.ppt 
> www-db.stanford.edu/~manku/papers/04soda-chord.pdf 
>
> bidirectional TCP connection allow more efficient routing.
>
>  

bidirectional is more efficient than one directional, no doubt about that.
btw, kademlia is bidirectional too.

However, I do not see what this topology issue has to do with TCP versus 
UDP?
I think the circle uses UDP because it is faster than TCP, at least for 
downloading files.

Thomas